CANADA: Cutting Air Fares

"A travel revolution," editorialized the
Montreal Star. "A stab in the back," groaned a U.S. airline official.
"A death blow," conceded one Canadian railroadman. All were reacting in
their own way to the announcement by Trans-Canada Air Lines and
Canadian Pacific Air Lines that starting Jan. 2 all fares on
continental flights of more than 600 miles will be slashed up to 25%.
No longer, said the Star, would air travel in Canada be "considered the
prerogative of the rich, the daring, or those on emergency missions."